World Cup mayhem may be over, but Shakira is keeping the hype alive as she takes her official FIFA 2026 song “Dai Dai” to her LMYNL World Tour and goes internet-viral in the process.
Late last month, Shakira’s “Dai Dai” performance at a Brooklyn concert came with a show-stopping twist: a surprise appearance by the Ugandan youth dance troupe The Ghetto Kids, who had previously joined the star at her halftime concert during this year’s World Cup Final. Except, Shakira didn’t expect to be totally upstaged by her child star backing dancers…
Music Man readers can watch the moment unfold in the viral video above—it’s already wowed more than 11.95 million viewers to date!
Barefoot on stage in a mustard yellow dress, tassels flying with every slight movement, Shakira grooves to her anthemic, crowd-rallying intro chant, her Brooklyn audience shouting along as football season makes its final encore. Her initial set of four backing dancers is joined by a flux of mustard-tasselled kids who rush the stage, snapping straight into the synchronized moves and share heartwarming snippets of mother-child chemistry with Shakira.
We’re all used to powerhouse performances from Shakira at this point, whether she’s serving spotless vocals in the midst of a high-energy dance routine or slaying the dance breaks completely solo like the mythical pop goddess she is. But The Ghetto Kids pull off something extraordinary as they dance with the same flawless talent as Shakira herself, hyping up her performance with their infectious smiles and happy-go-lucky stage presence, and pulling Shakira back down to earth.
With countless kids on stage, Shakira’s caring side shines through as she leads the child dancers and curates an instant connection with her younger fans, handing some kids dance solos, others the mic, and others a mid-song hug as they slay their surprise performance.
The impact was hardly lost on viewers as more than 3,000 headed to the YouTube comments to share their thoughts and love. As one fan wrote to the tune of 1.2k likes, “It’s beautiful how she valued the talent of these children and showed them to the world as the worthy and talented children they are,” another soon added, “Life is full of surprises. Going from being an orphaned child in the ghetto to dancing with Shakira on an international stage is magnificent.”